Improvement in apparatus for making torpedo-envelopes



- M. cH cHEsTE-nj A ppard'tus for Making Torpedb Envelopes.

No.15v0,464. PatentedMay5.1874.

WITNESSES. I mvem on, v

ATTIIRNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MAHLON GHIOHESTER, OF SHELTER ISLAND, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lNAP PARATUS FOR MAKING TORPEDO-ENVELOPES.'

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,464, dated May 5, 1874; application filed March 7, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAHLON CHIoHEsTER, of Shelter Island, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Making Torpedo-Envelopes, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to the manufacture of the small percussion-torpedoes so popular with boys and children as a means of amusement. The paper bags for these torpedoes have been made, one at a time, with the help of a piece of board having holes and a hand-pin.

My object, in the present invention, is to facilitate the operation and it consists in an improved apparatus whereby a number of bags are simultaneously made, the paper being cut with one motion, and pressed into the holes by another motion, for any desired.or convenient number.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents a vertical section of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bed of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the middle or knife section. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the upper or pin section. Fig. 5 is a view of the bag ready for filling. Fig. 6 shows the torpedo complete.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This apparatus is formed of three partsthe bed or matrix piece A, the knife or middle section B, and the top or pin section 0. The bed A is provided with any desired number of holes or matrices, D, into which the paper for forming the bag is forced. This bed also has grooves or slits E, made with the saw, so as to cut the face into squares G, with each a hole, D, in its center, as seen in. the drawing. These slits Gr receive the knives or cutters for cutting the paper. H are the knives or cutters, fixed in the face of the middle section G, arranged to correspond with the slits in the bed. As seen in Fig. 3, the cutters are made to project more at one end than at the other, so that they commence cutting at the broad end, the cut resembling that of shears. II are guides, which work against the shoulders J of the bed. K represents the pins, which are attached to the upper section 0, and work through holes in the section B. These pins are arranged so as to enter the holes D as they are pressed down, and to force the paper into the holes, as seen in Fig. 1. L represents the paper.

In operating with the apparatus, the paper is spread over the surface of the bed in sheets. The euttin g-section is then applied, and pressed down to cut the paper, and the pin-section is pressed down to force the cut paper into the holes, as seen in Fig. 1. Both the upper sections are then removed, leaving the paper bags in the holes, read yfor the fulminate and gravel. When filled, the paper bag is taken out, and the surroun din gloose paper is twisted together, as seen in Fig. 6, which completes the torpedo.

The apparatus may be made of any size convenient for use, and the sections may be operated by hand, or by any motive power.

By means of this apparatus, from fifty to one hundred torpedo-bags are made at one operation, thus saving a great deal of time and I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a bed having matrices D, the head B, carrying cutters, and the head 0, carrying plunger or dies K, all combined for joint operation in cutting the blanks and formin g the bags or envelopes for toy torpedoes.

MAHLON OHIOHESTER.

Witnesses:

H. W. HALsEY, HENRY WALTHER. 

